Maurie Gervasoni
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Jump to navigationJump to searchMaurie Gervasoni (1934- ), Yandoit, Vic, provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive.
The National Library of Australia holds aural recordings of interviews conducted with Maurie Gervasoni. He was interviewed by:
- Peter Ellis in August 1995, [1]. Peter Ellis had the good fortune to meet Andy Rodoni and Maurie Gervasoni and collect the very beautiful tunes of Swiss Italian origin, brought out by their respective forebears to Yandoit in the 1860s.
Maurie Gervasoni was also collected by others living in and near Castlemaine, Vic, with an interest in his music, including: Dave de Hugard, David Gittus, Harry Gardner, Julie Gittus.
There are some photos of him in Peter Ellis, "The Waltz, The Polka and All Kinds of Dance Music", 2007, p66.
